For alleged murder.
Reed along with William
Cato was charged with
murdering a white family.
At the conclusion of
their trial a mob stormed
the courthouse grabbed
the men took them out of
town and burned them
alive. (Lynching in the
New South pg. 202-203
George Donigan
Springfield
Illinois
August 16
1908
William Clifford
Maple Grove
Kentucky
August 16
1907
Logan Murphy
Mt. Sterling
Kentucky
August 16
1892
William Cato
Statesboro
Georgia
August 16 or 19
1904
For alleged attempted
rape and murder. Cato
along with Paul Reed was
charged with murdering a
white family. At the
conclusion of their trial
a mob stormed the
courthouse grabbed the
men took them out of town
and burned them alive.
(Lynching in the New S